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Leaving you mixer on for long periods of time
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| [UK]Trancedewdİ |
i turned my mixer on about 4 hours ago and it made the usual quiet humming noise. But now its making a really loud noise :confused:
I usually leave it on for ages cos i run my computer through it, and i have my winamp playlist on constantly. Is doing this bad for the mixer? Or is my mixer (gemini ps-540i) so that its already dieing 4 months after buying it? |
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| Dirk W. |
| I can't imagine that running it 24 hours a day is doing good things for your mixer. On the other hand, I don't know why it would be making it go to . I always make sure to turn my mixer off when I am not explicitly using it for mixing. I have had quite a bit of experience with audio equipment and I know that for some reason they don't like to be kept on for long periods of time. |
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| dukes |
| just like all electrical equipment the more you use the shorter the life-span. |
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| tu_face |
yeah bits of kit such as mixers do actually chuck out quite a bit of heat.. so leaving it on for extended periods of time will wear it more and more due to the heat build-up..
the humming might be excentuated by having your computer hooked up to it.. my mixer for some reason only buzzes a bit when i have the computer attatched.. |
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| razzi |
| quote: | Originally posted by tu_face
the humming might be excentuated by having your computer hooked up to it.. my mixer for some reason only buzzes a bit when i have the computer attatched.. |
many computers are not grounded, and this unstable electrical charge can cause speakers to give off that odd humming noise. if you hvae a laptop and unplug the AC adapter and let it run on batteries, the hum goes away
(btw i have run my comp through my mixer as well, and sometimes i get the hum, sometimes not) |
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| nrjizer |
Actually theres a very good chance the hum is caused by having your mixer plugged into one electrical outlet (outlet, not individual socket) and your computer plugged into another. Thats how mine were plugged in and I got a nasty hum, until I ran an extension cord so that now both my decks, mixer, speakers, and computer are on the same outlet. That killed the hum by like 90%.
My stepdad, who is an electrical engineer, claims that running your mixer to your computer while they aren't on the same socket can actually fry one or both. He fried a whole computer by plugging in a printer to it that was on a different outlet. So be careful. |
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| [UK]Trancedewdİ |
Cheers for the info.
i guess its just general wear then. i might just directly link my computer to my stereo intead of through the mixer, but my stereo only has one set of phono inputs which my mixer goes to. Anyone know where i could buy some sort of extension adapter thingy to make the 1 set of inputs into 2?
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
My stepdad, who is an electrical engineer, claims that running your mixer to your computer while they aren't on the same socket can actually fry one or both. He fried a whole computer by plugging in a printer to it that was on a different outlet. So be careful. |
im an electronic engineer as well (hard to believe as i make threads like these :P ) and i cant see why or how this would happen :conf: |
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| dukes |
| quote: | Originally posted by [UK]Trancedewdİ
im an electronic engineer as well (hard to believe as i make threads like these :P ) and i cant see why or how this would happen :conf: |
it would be a huge fluke. if one got a fault (even a small one) then large amouts of power can be transmitter places they shouldnt. but like i said i really wouldnt worry bout it coz it will be ing rare! |
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| dukes |
| quote: | Originally posted by [UK]Trancedewdİ
Cheers for the info.
i guess its just general wear then. i might just directly link my computer to my stereo intead of through the mixer, but my stereo only has one set of phono inputs which my mixer goes to. Anyone know where i could buy some sort of extension adapter thingy to make the 1 set of inputs into 2?
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bugger i should really read all of a reply before i reply myself oh well..
you can get cables that will have a swtich on it that will select one or the other of the input sources. just go to a music store and have a lookski or online. they exist tho. |
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| [UK]Trancedewdİ |
| quote: | Originally posted by dukes
you can get cables that will have a swtich on it that will select one or the other of the input sources. just go to a music store and have a lookski or online. they exist tho. |
ok...ill have a look in a few places...cheers...:) |
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| Dervish |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
Actually theres a very good chance the hum is caused by having your mixer plugged into one electrical outlet (outlet, not individual socket) and your computer plugged into another. Thats how mine were plugged in and I got a nasty hum, until I ran an extension cord so that now both my decks, mixer, speakers, and computer are on the same outlet. That killed the hum by like 90%. |
Two words, ground loops.
Edit: Dukes is gay |
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| Siang |
| hahahahahahaha 1 word huh? |
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